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Diffuse Hair Loss Induced by Sertraline Use

January 2015 in “ Case reports in psychiatry ”

Yüksel Kıvrak, İbrahim Yağcı, Mehmet Üstündağ, Halil Özcan

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TLDR Sertraline can cause hair loss, which stops after stopping the drug.

A 21-year-old male experienced diffuse hair loss within 2 weeks of starting sertraline at 50 mg/day, which resolved after discontinuing the drug. Extensive tests ruled out other causes. The case highlighted the rare occurrence of SSRI-induced alopecia and called for further large-scale studies to understand its prevalence and mechanisms.

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